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Burger King releases a Pickleball Burger in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 29, 2025 - Tweet
Limited-edition exclusive serves up newly developed rice patties for the sport, with the help of a Kyoto specialist.
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Burger King Japan is recruiting secret agents for a mystery shopping mission
- Elliot Hale
Mar 7, 2025
Free burgers and a chance to live out dreams of being a spy? Yes, please!
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • mystery shopping • weird)
Is Burger King Japan sending subliminal messages in its packaging for the new “Top” One Pounder?
- SoraNews24
Dec 12, 2024
Lucky New Year burger comes with a questionable “Big Inside” bag that looks like something is being inserted…
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- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • Japanese New Year • marketing • new year • New Year 2025 • one-pounder • The One Pounder • whopper)
Kyoto Whopper divides customers at Burger King Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 21, 2024
Japanese rice specialist turns the Whopper on its head, but was it worth it?
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Burger King Japan creates Kyoto Whopper, its most Japanese burger ever, with Kyoto rice merchant
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2024
237-year-old Kyoto rice merchant helps make a new kind of rice burger.
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- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • Kyoto • rice • rice burger • whopper)
Shibuya Burger King releases tongue-in-cheek poster to announce it will be closed on Halloween
- Oona McGee
Oct 26, 2024
Restrictions in Tokyo’s popular Halloween hotspot just got even tighter.
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- (Burger King • COK • halloween • Halloween 2024 • marketing • news • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • Tokyo)
Burger King takes a different approach to tsukimi moon-viewing burgers in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 29, 2024
A refreshing twist on the traditional Japanese festival.
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- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • chipotle • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • new release • pineapple • restaurants • spicy • spicy food • sweets • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)
Burger King Japan’s new Steak Sauce Whopper contains actual steak pieces
- Oona McGee
Aug 9, 2024
Special soy sauce adds a Japanese twist to this meaty affair.
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- (beef • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • meat • new release • restaurants • spice • spicy • spicy food • steak)
Burger King Japan suddenly adds Dr. Pepper and Dr. Pepper floats to its menu nationwide
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2024
Dokupe fans, rejoice!
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • COK • Dr. Pepper • drinks • fast food • food • rstaurants • soda)
The Fake Burger is now on the menu at Burger King Japan, but is it worth the hype?
- Oona McGee
Apr 7, 2024
Limited-edition French fry burger takes meatless options to new levels.
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • COK • fast food • food • french fries • fries • SNJO • taste test • The Fake Burger)
The Fake Burger really returns to Burger King Japan!
- Oona McGee
Apr 2, 2024
Limited-time French fry burger returns after four years, with even more flavour than before.
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- (april fools • April Fools' Day • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • chips • COK • fast food • food • french fries • marketing • SNJO • The Fake Burger)
The Fake Burger returns to Burger King Japan…or does it?
- Oona McGee
Mar 28, 2024
Chain’s infamous “Fake Burger” is said to be returning after a four-year absence.
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- (april fools • April Fools' Day • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • fast food • food • marketing • SNJO • The Fake Burger)
Burger King Japan’s Great King Yeti is the latest evolution of One Pounders
- Oona McGee
Feb 6, 2024
We find out if Japan’s newest monster burger is also its tastiest.
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • COK • fast food • food • King Yeti • one-pounder • SNJO • taste test)
This is what a Whopper with 1,005 slices of cheese looks like in today’s financial climate
- Oona McGee
Jan 23, 2024
Revenge is a dish best served cold, or sometimes, not at all.
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- (big eats • Burger King • cheese • COK • crazy • fast food • food challenge • funny • Mr. Sato • SNJO • weird • whopper)
Burger King releases a “TOP” Burger in Japan
- SoraNews24
Dec 19, 2023
A beefy Top that’s said to be “full of meat for the year to come”.
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- (Burger King • burgers • COK • Egawa Tasuku • fast food • food • Kohaku • one-pounder • SNJO • taste test)
Burger King Japan’s new Ninniku Garlic Burger does not live up to the hype
- Oona McGee
Nov 22, 2023
We want our money back.
- Japan
- (Burger King • burgers • COK • fast food • food • garlic • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • taste test)
Shibuya locks down Hachiko statue for Halloween 2023 while Burger King Center Gai shuts its doors
- Oona McGee
Oct 28, 2023
Shibuya City is serious about stopping the Halloween street party this year.
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- (Burger King • COK • events • Hachiko • halloween • Hallowen 2023 • news • scramble crossing • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • Shibuya scramble crossing • Tokyo • tourism • tourists • travel)
How to eat a Whopper the beautiful way, from Burger King Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 23, 2023
This genius hack will change the way you eat burgers forever.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cool • fast food • food • food hack • hack • marketing • packaging • tweet • twitter • urawaza • video)
Burger King releases Pine Tsukimi burgers for moon-viewing season in Japan
- Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2023
Well, this is a new twist that’s sure to draw customers.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • fast food • food • marketing • moon viewing • Moon Viewing Burger • seasonal menu • tsukimi • tsukimi burger • tsukimi burgers)
Burger King announces it forgot to buy eggs for tsukimi moon-viewing season this year
- Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2023
A thinly veiled jab at Japan’s seasonal fast food traditions.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • fast food • food • marketing • moon viewing • Moon Viewing Burger • seasonal menu • SNJO • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)
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